Quenton Nelson. If we don't fix the lines then nothing else matters. The best RBs and DBs will look like scrubs with our current line play, and if we improve the line play our current RBs and DBs might surprise us.

Sammich wrote:Quenton Nelson. If we don't fix the lines then nothing else matters. The best RBs and DBs will look like scrubs with our current line play, and if we improve the line play our current RBs and DBs might surprise us.

Even if we beefed up both lines, I don't think our RBs/DB group would surprise us lol. More pressure on the QB would make the numbers overall better but it won't stop our safeties from taking the worst tackling angles imaginable or VH3 defending his WR like a safety. With our RBs, we already know what we have. Barber is solid yet unspectacular that behind a good run blocking oline could probably get about 600-700 yards a season. Even if we do improve both lines, both those groups need major improvement

I'm going Nelson because I think he is as close to a lock as an elite player as you get and because he can be the final piece to turn what I consider to already be a good line into a very good, potentially dominant unit.

Still torn with Fitz though. He is another almost sure elite player, he just isn't on the trenches. I DO think he could add some pass rush as a blitzer though, so he's not just a coverage guy.